They join Bohemians and Athlone Town in being accepted to an expanded nine-team top tier for 2020.

Amber Barrett doesn’t miss a beat when asked how realistic it really is for the Irish women’ team to think of taking a point or points off Germany in their quest to qualify for the 2021 European Championship finals.

An abiding love of football nurtured on the streets of Knocknaheeny now sees Denise O’Sullivan with the world at her feet. As Ireland take on Greece today in their continuing bid to make history by qualifying for Euro 2021, the acclaimed midfielder and self-described ‘home bird’ talks Liam Mackey through the highs and lows of how a globe-trotting career took flight

Player of the Season and Young Player of the Season nominees announced.

A bumper weekend of sports success for Irish women will “inspire the next generation of players and might even change opinion” towards female sport, says Mary O’Connor

Nicola Sinnott admits Sunday’s FAI Cup final offers one last chance for this generation of Wexford players to enhance their legacy.

Claire Walsh is hoping that a reunion with Eileen Gleeson will help to boost her Ireland career.

The squad travels to California on Monday with assistant coach Tom O’Connor managing the team for the game in the wake of Colin Bell's departure.

Ireland striker Stephanie Roche believes the unprecedented coverage of this summer’s Women’s World Cup will precede a lasting cultural shift in the perception of women’s sport.

Globetrotting Ireland women’s international Denise O’Sullivan has signed with Australian side Canberra United as a guest player for the 2018/19 W-League season.

O'Gorman made her international debut aged just 16, and would go on to score on 13 occasions for Ireland.

After producing a couple of magic moments for Irish women’s football in their World Cup qualification campaign to date, Áine O’Gorman wants the team to deliver a meteoric one in the Norwegian coastal city of Stavanger this evening.

Wexford Youths striker Rianna Jarrett has put her injury nightmare behind her to earn a recall to the Ireland women’s squad for the first time since she made her senior debut against Italy in the Cyprus Cup in April 2016.

The Irish player of the year had missed the matches against Slovakia and the Netherlands in April with a broken collarbone.

A late victory over Slovakia last night keeps Ireland’s women firmly in the hunt to challenge European champions the Netherlands for a place at next year’s World Cup.

It’s been quite the introduction to senior international football for Amber Barrett, the Peamount United striker who only made her debut when coming off the bench last September in Ireland’s opening World Cup qualifier, a two-nil away win against Northern Ireland.

Player of the Year Harriet Scott has been ruled out of the two matches due to a collarbone injury whilst striker Stephanie Roche continues her spell on the sidelines with a long-term injury.

The Republic of Ireland women's side suffered a narrow friendly defeat tonight.

Not even sharing a shortlist with Colombian James Rodriguez in 2015 for her Puskas Award nomination gave Stephanie Roche more pride than helping her Irish women’s team succeed in their drive for basic conditions earlier this month.

Dominance in sport can appear to be easy to achieve, but Peamount United can attest that maintaining that grip on success is not so straightforward.

Republic of Ireland 2 England 0: First-half goals from Eleanor Ryan-Doyle and Saoirse Noonan got the Republic of Ireland off to a winning start in the elite qualifying round of the UEFA Women’s U17 Championships at Turner’s Cross last night.

Irish international women’s striker and runner-up in the FIFA Puskás Award Stephanie Roche has finally revealed her next move.

“A truly terrific goal from some...um...bog-trotting side in Ireland somewhere."

By John Fallon, Zurich

Cristiano Ronaldo already has his eye on more major honours after being crowned the world’s best player for the third time.

Stephanie Roche said that she is "a little bit raw" and "disappointed" at not winning Fifa’s Puskas award at the Ballon D’Or ceremony in Zurich, but expressed thanks to "everybody from around the world" that voted, "particularly those back in Ireland".

Newstalk presenter Ivan Yates has said that Stephanie Roche's nomination for the FIFA goal of the year is "the height of tokenism" and she doesn't deserve to win the award.

Now you can watch Stephanie Roche's goal, complete with commentary and crowd noises.

Stephanie Roche’s goal gets the Lego treatment

A passion for the game, a natural talent with a football and a determination as a young girl to succeed in a boys’ world all helped lead up to the moment of magic which has seen Stephanie Roche nominated for Fifa’s 2014 Goal Of The Year.

Sepp Blatter said tighter shorts might popularise women’s football, but Stephanie Roche’s world-class strike has done more for the sport than any amount of hot pants.

Republic of Ireland Women’s team striker Stephanie Roche is still on course to win the FIFA Goal of the Year award after the list of nominees was reduced to three today.

Ireland’s Stephanie Roche has described the reaction to her nomination for FIFA’s Puskas award for best goal of the year as “incredible.”

Republic of Ireland Women’s team striker Stephanie Roche has been shortlisted alongside some of the biggest names in world football for the FIFA Goal of the Year award.

The Republic of Ireland Women’s U17 team yesterday qualified for the Elite Phase of the 2014-15 Uefa European Women’s U17 Championships with a game to spare.

Check out the 18 brilliant young women making Irish soccer history with a UEFA Women's Under-19

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Although the pain still lingers from last month’s slender defeat to European Champions Germany, Cork girl Denise O’Sullivan has pledged to put it right by helping Ireland to victory in tonight’s World Cup qualifier against Russia at Tallaght Stadium (7.30pm).

Republic of Ireland striker Stephanie Roche is hoping her winning goal against Switzerland at the Cyprus Cup yesterday will be the beginning of a hot streak.

THAT goal by Peamount United's Stephanie Roche which has become has gone viral is now earning cash for her manager.

Life has become livelier for Ireland women’s international Stephanie Roche since her wonder goal in the national league went viral and won her fans across the globe.